James Carlson wrote: > I don't think it's anywhere near that simple. Consolidations (as I > noted in an earlier posting on this topic) also define architectural > boundaries for software and constrain the way software may work. They > thus have a special position in the universe: many projects simply > cannot exist without reference to the consolidation through which they > deliver.
None of that means that Consolidations have to 'own' the projects that deliver to them. Cooperate with? Yes. Establish integration criteria? Yes. Directly control? No. > That may be harder to see in a patchwork like SFW, but it's quite > obvious in ON and even in GNOME. There are parts that depend on each > other, and that can't just live completely independently. Interdependence and control are not the same thing. -- Alan Burlison --
